Parcel bomb at far-right bookshop wounds Italian policeman
ROME (Reuters) – A parcel bomb with a timer exploded early Sunday morning in front of a Florence bookstore run by a neo-fascist group, seriously wounding a policeman trying defuse the device, authorities said.
Swiss favor close EU ties over immigration curbs: survey
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters would rather maintain close economic ties with the European Union than adopt immigration curbs that could jeopardize Switzerland’s access to the EU single market, a survey published on Sunday showed.
UK minister sees threat of Islamic State chemical attack in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have aspirations to launch mass-casualty chemical attacks on targets in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, the British security minister said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.
Policeman killed, inmates freed in attack on Bahrain prison
MUSCAT (Reuters) – Armed men attacked a prison in Bahrain on Sunday, freeing several convicts and killing a policeman, the interior ministry said.
South Korea’s Park emerges from seclusion, denies wrongdoing in scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s impeached President Park Geun-hye on Sunday broke a month-long silence over her alleged role in a corruption scandal, publicly denying charges of wrongdoing and saying that the accusations against her were “fabrication a…
Islamic State attack near Najaf kills seven police: sources
HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State militants attacked a police checkpoint near the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen and wounding 17 others including civilians, local police sources said.
More than 20 killed, dozens injured after fire on Indonesian tourist boat
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Twenty three people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying nearly 250 people to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, the city’s search and rescue agency said.
Sudan’s Bashir announces one-month ceasefire extension
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has announced a one-month extension of his unilateral ceasefire in fighting with rebels in the country’s war zones.
Burundi minister shot dead in capital: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A gunman killed Burundi’s environment minister early on Sunday, police said, the first murder of a senior government figure in nearly two years of political violence.
North Korea’s Kim says close to test launch of ICBM
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the isolated nuclear capable country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
